ABIM

JUNE 12, 2025

The American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) is a cosponsoring board for geriatric medicine, which means physicians certified by ABFM who have completed accredited training can also qualify for the Geriatric Medicine Certification Exam administered by ABIM and obtain ABFM Board Certification in Geriatric Medicine.

Board-Certified 52

Board-Certified Internal Medicine Government Community 52

GeriPal

MAY 5, 2022

Was there any mention about the impact that hearing loss has in communication or what we should do about it in clinical practice? He was an otolaryngologist and epidemiology person too, might have an appointment in geriatrics too. I wonder if you could engage their family in the goals of care discussion.”

IT 102

IT Screening Hospital Clinic 102

GeriPal

APRIL 4, 2024

In case you miss the introductions at the start of the podcast, Bernie and Laurie are married, and offer wonderful reminiscence of their clinical practice over the last several decades. Should we abandon the term, “comfort measures?” And great song choice: Both Sides Now by Joni Mitchell. And I think that’s where we want to be.

Family 112

Family Families Patient-Centered IT 112

GeriPal

MARCH 28, 2024

I am part of some other work in the ICU world looking at time-limited trials and trying to better define what those are, how we talk about them, how we talk about them with patients and families. I treat patients with acute leukemias and related diseases, so I kind of know some of this from my own clinical practice.

Consulting 115

Consulting Patient-Centered IT Patients 115

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

So when we encounter anger clinically, when we’re in an encounter with a patient and their family, what are perhaps three steps, and we have the three step model for how we can look within ourselves and respond. What feelings do we have toward the patient and toward their families? Not my normal clinical practice.

Patients 109

Patients IT Family Families 109

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

And then the family tells me they can’t keep an appointment, they can’t manage their finances. Well, even for somebody like you, who’s pretty familiar with the instruments, it might cause distress for the patient, maybe their family. So it matters a lot to the person, to their family, to the community.

Primary Care 96

Primary Care Diagnosis Screening IT 96

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

Have you had a family history of substance use disorder? So, if they have an alcohol use disorder and that’s really impairing their ability to make it to chemotherapy appointments or it’s causing them to have even more mucositis related pain, you need to know about that. Most of our population has trauma.

Illness 136

Illness Patient-Centered Screening Clinic 136